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Rebels roar to finish of historic championship
(Community Sports ~ 07/13/21)
HASTINGS, Neb. — It’s official: Rebels were running all over the diamonds on Sunday and not one of 30 other state tournament teams were going to stop them. Wait a second! Didn’t this McCook 14-and-under team fall to the Polk County Slammers just after Sunday dinner time?...
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Car show and Cuba
(Column ~ 07/13/21)
Great car show and “Crusin’ on the Bricks” in McCook this weekend. No, my old Model T didn’t win a prize but the most ancient at 96 years young it sat proudly as people gazed in awe. There was a time when just about anybody could drive a Model T but now not so many. ...
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8-10 year sentence in killing
(Local News ~ 07/13/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — Lavetta C. Langdon was sentenced to 8-10 years in jail Monday after pleading no-contest to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband. Langdon, 80, told police she shot her sleeping husband after he hit her, after what she said was 30 years of abuse...
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Commissioners increase support for domestic assault services
(Local News ~ 07/13/21)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Red Willow County Commissioners increased support for Domestic Abuse Sexual Assault Services in McCook by 5% At their regular meeting Monday, commissioners heard from Donna Goad, DASAS director, who said the agency received 897 calls last year, 85% for domestic abuse and 15% for sexual assault...
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School board agrees to 3% increase in superintendent salary
(Local News ~ 07/13/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Board of Education unanimously approved increasing the superintendent’s salary by 3.55%, from $165,800 to $172,300. The superintendent salary was discussed by committee members Tom Bredvick, Teresa Thomas and Brad Hays. Tom Bredvick said Monday night at the regular school board meeting that the salary increase is the only change in Superintendent Grant Norgaard’s contract, with all other factors remaining the same, such as insurance benefits...
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Board comes out against proposed health standards
(Local News ~ 07/13/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook School Board unanimously approved a statement stating its objection to health standards proposed by the Nebraska Department of Education, as the standards do not represent standards of the community. The statement comes after 30 Nebraska state senators recently sent letters to school boards across the state, including to the McCook School Board, urging them to reject the standards. ...
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James Leroy Rayer
(Obituary ~ 07/13/21)
James Leroy Rayer April 19, 1936 - July 11, 2021 McCOOK, Neb. — James Leroy Rayer, age 85, of McCook, passed away at the Hillcrest Care Center of McCook on Sunday, July 11, 2021. He was born in Bartley, Neb., at home on April 19, 1936, to Maurice W. and Elsie (Colling) Rayer. Jim attended and graduated from Indianola High School in 1953. He continued his education at Kearney State Teachers College in 1957 with a bachelor of science in education...
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Gary Lee Korus
(Obituary ~ 07/13/21)
Gary Lee Korus Feb. 7, 1951 - July 10, 2021 McCOOK, Neb. — Gary Lee Korus, age 70, of McCook, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the Kearney Regional Hospital in Kearney, Neb. He was born Feb. 7, 1951, in Omaha to Clement T. and Frances (Gaston) Korus. He attended and graduated from Bennington High School in 1969. He attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha and was on the wrestling team. In 1981, he enlisted in the Army Reserves...
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Swimmers make last splash to reach league meet
(Community Sports ~ 07/13/21)
McCOOK, Neb. —Swimmers from eight area summer swim teams including McCook made one last attempt Saturday to qualify for the Plains Tsunami Swim League Championships. The league championships will take this Saturday Saturday at the McCook City Pool. Hundreds of swimmers — and even more parents, fans and supporters — will be at the McCook pool for the final meet of the summer...
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MCC alumni tourney delivers funds, 'tons of fun'
(College Sports ~ 07/13/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — Eighteen teams and 72 golfers helped raise $2,500 Saturday at the McCook Community College alumni/community golf tournament at Heritage Hills Golf Course. “It was a great turnout, and a ton of fun,” event chairman Tim Zehnder said. Proceeds from the tournament go towards scholarships for MCC alumni transferring to another post-secondary education institution after graduating from MCC...
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MNB sweeps home pair with Smith Center
(Community Sports ~ 07/13/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s National Bank Seniors had the perfect response to a seven-run Smith Center comeback Monday night. Layne Stevens worked a walk and Quentin Terry sent the next fast ball sizzling into home-run land for this 10-9 MNB victory. McCook’s third home run in two games clearly kept momentum soaring through another 9-3 victory and doubleheader sweep of their Kansas visitors...
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McCook’s childcare efforts featured as part of national PBS broadcast Wednesday
(Local News ~ 07/13/21)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- McCook, Nebraska’s effort to improve child care will be featured in a PBS NewsHour series this week, “Raising the Future: America’s Child Care Dilemma.” “We’re excited to share what we’ve done as a community to improve our local capacity in early childhood education and hope others can benefit from what we’ve learned,” said Andy Long, executive director of the McCook Economic Development Corp...
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Destructive wind
(Local News ~ 07/13/21)
McCook Public Schools Superintendent Grant Norgaard inspects broken windows in the school’s bus fleet Monday morning. Gusts of wind unofficially estimated at 80 m.p.h. traveled through the YMCA parking before pelting McCook Public Schools’ vehicles with sand, breaking windows in a number of school vans and buses, as well as sandblasting the windows in the large over-the-road bus, top. ...
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Travel, large gatherings spreading COVID Delta variant in area
(Local News ~ 07/13/21)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Travel and large gatherings are helping to spread the Delta variant of the COVID virus, and people who have had the original virus should not county on immunity, according to the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department Confirmed positive cases in vaccinated persons were sent to the Nebraska Public Health Lab for sequencing to find out if they were caused by a variant of COVID-19, according to an SWNPHD release...
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Cruise night, car show
(Local News ~ 07/13/21)
Classic cars, hot rods and collectibles were out in force for Wagner Auto Group’s cruise night and car show Friday night and Saturday. Poodle skirts helped advertise popular free floats from Linda Maiden’s State Farm Insurance, and Willy’s Jeeps of the same 1940s vintage illustrate the modifications possible...
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Governor’s misinformation campaign on ‘30x30 Plan’
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/13/21)
Dear Editor, Not long ago the Secretary of Agriculture announced a bold initiative that would cut the environmental footprint of US agriculture in half by the year 2050. The date was February 20, 2020. The cabinet official was the Trump administration’s Sonny Perdue. ...
- Brian Stute (Obituary ~ 07/13/21)
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